Planning ahead ensures payoff in new projects

August 1, 2008 Diagnostic Imaging. Planning ahead ensures payoff in new projects Early involvement of billing company helps avoid cash crunch, payment surprises later BY KIRK REINITZ, CPA -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The nationwide shortage of radiologists, coupled with the growing acceptance and prevalence of teleradiology, has many radiologists and group practice managers seeing opportunities in places they previously would not consider. Groups are expanding in order to cover geographically remote or distant hospitals, while individual radiologists are finding they can contract with hospitals for more volume than they can personally handle by sending the excess work to teleradiology firms. Despite the impact of the Deficit Reduction Act, some are still moving ahead with imaging center plans.

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